Jordan Islamists back restaurant owner's expulsion of Israelis

Fri, 10 Dec 2010

Amman - The Islamic Action Front, Jordan's main opposition party, Friday supported the expulsion recently of Israeli tourists from a Jordanian restaurant in the Red Sea port of Aqaba.

"The move by the owner of the restaurant represents a daring and correct behavior because it reflects the conscience of Jordanians who reject all forms of normalization with the Zionist enemy," IAF spokesman Mohammad Zoyoud said, referring to Israel.

The owner of the restaurant, Salwa Barghouti, reportedly ordered a number of Israeli tourists out of her restaurant in Aqaba last week after they got drunk and allegedly made jokes about other Arab customers.

An Israeli woman lodged a complaint with the Jordanian police. Barghouti was ordered to apologize but she refused, media reports said.

Zoyoud also lashed out at the world human rights group Human Rights Watch, accusing it of "interfering in Jordanian internal affairs." HRW described the incident as having "racial connotations" and urged the Jordanian authorities to investigate it.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/357569,restaurant-owners-expulsion-israelis.html.